When Chris would go out with us, we often joked about keeping up with a Lotus, or that the Lotus had come out to play with some real cars. I remember running behind him for a full day and while I was pushing hard in 3rd, I think he was still in 2nd. The engine had something like variable valve timing or that it only ran with some of the valves opening until a certain rpm, or something high tech. I know that once it got up to a certain rpm, the exhaust note made a big change. I think those things had around 200 hp and probably weighed about half as much s a Fiero.
The other joke was in line with the Fiero's Lotus-designed suspension. Well, there was actually some Lotus/Fiero hybrid in the group, but it wasn't the Fieros. Savet had one or two bolts from a Fiero that he was using in his Elise. They aren't creature-comfort cars. They are FUN cars,. For creature-comfort, go for a Tesla or Opel Speedster. They're almost the same car.
